UW kicks off '05 campaign

August 24, 2005

OTSEGO COUNTY - The annual United Way fund drive kickoff will take place today (Wednesday) at noon at Big Buck.

"We are hoping to raise the same amount as last year which is $265,000," according to the nonprofit organization's administrative assistant Gladys Pickering. She reported having exceeded the goal in 2004 due in part to a $50,000 donation from the Tylenol Par Three fund-raiser.

"We won't have that money coming in this year, so we will be counting on the generosity of the citizens of Otsego County to help us out," she said.

The United Way serves more than 20 agencies within Otsego County including: Catholic Human Services, the Salvation Army, Girl Scouts and Boy Scouts of America, the Women's Resource Center, the Otsego County Friendship Shelter and the Retired and Senior Volunteer Program.

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"The 'History of Helping, Results You Can See,' kickoff lunch of brats, hamburgers and root beer is free, but donations to the fund raising campaign are appreciated," Pickering explained.